30th April 2012
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#1 | | Gear interested
Joined: Apr 2012
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Thread Starter | Super-compact pre on a budget
My wife and I are gonna do a sound-hunting / extended recording journey in our truck this fall, and I am trying to put together the most flexible rig (probably just 2 channel) possible for our money. It also has to be tiny. Really really small. I am mainly debating about a decent pre-amp, i.e....
Symetrix 302 vs. FMR Audio RNP vs. Black Lion Audio "Auteur"
Also looking for a compact EQ. I'm running a FMA RNC for compression, and making it all talk to the computer using the Tascam US-122. Mainly hoping to hear advice on the pre's, but open to gear scoldings from all y'all if I could be implementing a better system. Thanks dudes!
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30th April 2012
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#2 | | Lives for gear
Joined: May 2007 Location: Astoria, OR, US&A
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I like it simple, rugged and all-in-one: Sound Devices 702 or 722. Rugged, proven, small form factor, good pre's and ADC's. If budget is a problem you can pick up a used one pretty cheap. Check on Taperssection as they turn up there often.
Disclaimer: I own a couple of 722's and love them. 
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30th April 2012
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#3 | | Gear interested
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mmm.. I think we make too much crazy rock n roll to not just be dumping it all into protools, but the 722 is on my long list of machines to own for field recording, for sure. I think a better move for us at the moment would be trading the US-122 for a Sound Devices USBPre 2.
Has anyone here used the CA 9100 ( Church Audio - CA 9100 Preamp) ? It looks like a real dinker, but it has been recommended to me...
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30th April 2012
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#4 | | Lives for gear
Joined: May 2007 Location: Astoria, OR, US&A
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Originally Posted by Spacecase  | (Chris) Church has a good reputation over at Taperssection. They all like his gear even if some of it is butt-ugly. There would be the place to ask.
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30th April 2012
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#5 | | Lives for gear
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naiant tinybox.
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30th April 2012
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#6 | | Lives for gear
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SD522.
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1st May 2012
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#7 | | Lives for gear
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Small, portable, and great sounding describes most Sound Devices gear. My buddies are impressed with the new USB pre, and I've relied on a 702 for years.
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1st May 2012
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#8 | | Gear nut
Joined: Jan 2011 Location: Between two volcanoes, 7,824ft up in the Andes
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Perhaps the Core Sound Mic2496 V2 ($599)? Here's a discussion on it. Or go directly to the samples.
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1st May 2012
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#9 | | Lives for gear
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RNP?
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1st May 2012
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#10 | | Gear nut
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For a little more than the Mic2496 I'd go with the MixPre-D.
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2nd May 2012
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#11 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Spacecase My wife and I are gonna do a sound-hunting / extended recording journey in our truck this fall, and I am trying to put together the most flexible rig (probably just 2 channel) possible for our money. | Unless I missed it, you did not mention power needs. From what you described - sound hunting - it seems like a battery powered system such as one of the Sound Devices units would be better than something that requires some kind of external power.
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2nd May 2012
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#12 | | Lives for gear
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A used sonosax m2 would also be a battery powered dual channel preamp (not available new)
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